Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-03-22
THE EARTHQUAKE AT NICE,
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has arrittd ~ New tofh' ns'"s ""
board the fire., persons 10 reach this eoun-
try Who had witnessed the terrible earth
quake Of the Riviera. They were Chs..
]. Burke and NJ. Tone Of Rochester. y.
Y. These gentlemen hsd been travelling
in Europe and we're In Nice on Ash We'd
ne,dsy morning when the southern coast
Of Europe Was shaken up.
"Ths gr,a, carnival Of Nice bad Just
ended" said Mr. Tone, "and the last
day had been one round Of continuous
hlariiy. There we're hundreds OF masked
women. the gay pageant, the battle OF
flowers; and In the evening had at
tended the carnival ball, at which there
were thousands Of psrsors present. We
were stopping at the Grand HOTEL and II
va. rather early when We 70, home.
- va. qusrisred on The third iioor OF
the Grand Hotel. Though Il was NEARLY
daylight. | could no, sleep. and 90 LAY 10
bid reading book. Suddenly and ~iib.
out . warning q roar more terrible than
a tornado came. A ihoussni mines
seemed exploding under the floor. and .
thousand trains o. car. SEEMED rolling
over the roof. The noise va. ind'scnb
sble. I, seemed az II the world were
being ground 10 pieces, and the city with
II. The first shock threw me into The
middle Of the door. which tipped up like
the roof u house. tried 20 walk. but
90. pitched h,adlong across the room.
The bed rolled from eide TO side. and
vent after Il. vas shaken as strong
man shakes q boy.
"A. .oon a. could master myself. ]
managed by gr,s, effort 10 reach the
door leading into Mr. Bafke'' room adj.
ioining. II va. locked. l Kicked and
pounded. bat in that awful roar could
only ju., hear bis voice. ] shouted a.
loud =. could. and yelled ths, u was an
earhqgske-that We must ny TO the
street. We bur,, open the double doors
md in some way. | don't kno- ho-' got
down stair. while the great walls. ten
fee, thick. were cracking 9TH artillery
reports. The scene. In the corridors and
on the hoOr. bslos u. we're like a TO, IN
4. mad.hou.-. Beautiful women. will
loas hair streaming down their backs
,u.hsd Wildly around. bessschins 'h'
pofisrs 20 save them. One woman ~h'
lad been the belle Of many grea, ball
appeared In single Carmen, ~iih = bird
cog, and tvo ean.ris'. The birds ~er'
% frishisnsd that they hung back
di~nward from their cage with ihsi
-ye. closed. The lady reached The stree
sherr some one gave her a wrap ior h'i
shoulders.
Having experienced earthquakes IN
san Francisco. thought ! wss iamils'
Nth them. bat a, Nee the horror va
b yond 4, .cnp,ion. Fifty dollars ~er'
offered for any kind q vehicle. Hun
died. u lsdis. in their nish' garment
tell on their knees before graf, rough
porsr mote frightened than themselves
Money could not hire them 10 ~ int
The building. for trunk. We dragged
down our own luggage and saved every
thing. Twenty Thousand people packed
,he public square. The second shock
va, nofs terrible ,h,n the h'r.
TO tell the truth. ! could 10, re-
member whether IL Was ,~o seconds Of
100 hour. after the hr, shock But u
-.safe.rfal ooavul.ion. Then the psn.
,e became general. Think Of ito 90,
psopls ryins TO dodg, 20 600 buildings
expected every moment 20 see The city
Gn 10 ruin. New York could no, stand
a minute under such shocks. The greA'
b'oes q public buildings 'o'e and fsl
ike .hip. in storm The motion VA
anliks anything moved by natural la"'
Fortunately for u'. Mf. Barke and
myself had purchased tickets for Pans
ln the pr,vioa. day. AZ the ',ailon W
found 5000 people praying 10 70 OK ih'
next uain. The car. holding seveaiy
people were literally packed With human
nv. but a multitude Who we're oui'ie'
could no, e, near the train. A. hist
a. 1000 franc. we're offered for plae'
On the train. The fret earthquake shock
came abou, O'Clock. AZ o'clock ~ort
ws received by telegraph ,ha, another
shock from Rome OF some other point
would reach Nice In an hour. TIL. ere
.,sd fresh panic. Men in their excite
men, ,koalderd half.drss.ed ~omsr
thinking they were trunks. Women Tat
around Trying to save little irnksi', al,
,srly bereit OF sense of jldsment and im
plorins the guards 10 pa, them on ,h'
cars. The morning train did no, &c, OF
until roon. Then va. happy"
Mr. Burke said 81 was In bed Anc
..lecp when | va. awakened by feelin.
myself swinging. as !, were. about twenty
i,et 10 and f'o. The furniture IN ,h'
room va. banging Aoou, aud there ~s'
.o~, oninoa, ro.r. jampsd up quiesl!
and dressed. | bad ju., flashed my hAs,l
,oils, when the second shock came and
ran out into the hall. leaving everythin.
behind me ,xcep, what | wore. Tn
hall was actually filed with men AM
~omen running up and down and eryin.
on, in the most distressing manner. Tn'
great hotel continued 20 rock like a era
die, add With each vibration the cries IN
creased and women fainied on all sides
There were husbands calling their wi'e'
and wi,e. their husbands. Children wef'
running about shiisking for their parents
| All had jus, jumped out OF Bel. and the
scene ~s. worse than ohe could imagine,
P.ndemonium va. nothing 10 IL, and the
coolies, among u. did no, know what iC
DO until all were finally seized with ths
desire TO get 10 the street. aud then there
was = crush. have no idea hos long
,hi. lasted. Time was lO.t to me. II
nigh, have been two minutes or tive
hours. All I can remember Is that The
whole sy.,sm seemed demorAliEsd, and
va. in = wkirl ,hA, Can only be compared
10 Wild, horrible dream. How ",
reached the street ! cannot tell. know
We 10, there and found al Of the 'qusr
filed With people nearly all in di'h.ollle
there we're 10000 people thus eOngre-
gated in the squares. Quiet was gradu'
ally restored, and then on the scene the